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July 24th, 2007, 02:21 AM
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Great photos!
We have a couple of feeders and a bird bath here with quite a few birds... I know what some of them are, but there are so many!!! For those of you who are great at identifying them, I am not sure how you do it! Recently... a group of crows have taking a liking to eating here... Really, I wouldn't mind if they just ate normal but they are worse than the squirrels! Plus they don't share nice... Does anyone else have a problem with crows? This is the first year that we have ever had this type of problem.... I am pretty sure that they are nesting in the weeping willow across the street... A huge amount showed up in early spring so we stopped feeding for a while to get rid of them... We started up again later and were going fine and now we have a few that are back...
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July 24th, 2007, 06:57 AM
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CM,you are not asking the right person,because I love my Crows
 and feed them leftovers,nothing goes in the garbage.Crows do not eat seeds,as far as I've seen,at least they don't come to my feeders,maybe you are talking about black-birds(Grackles),but then again,it's difficult to miss a Crow  I have 2 Crows coming every day and they just introduced me to their baby We do not have many around here,West Nile virus took it's toll..:sad:
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July 24th, 2007, 08:22 AM
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I often hear the bluejays also talking with each other in several different voice patterns. 
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July 24th, 2007, 08:45 AM
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Yeah, probably grackles or maybe some other types of blackbirds...not sure if species like rusty blackbirds visit feeders, but they do eat grain...
I've always liked crows, too, chico. Now I'm learning to tell them from the ravens, who are also characters.  But right now, I'm concentrating on the hummers. The adults are getting ready to take off (or have already started), judging by the number of youngsters coming to the feeders, and soon it will be just the local youngsters before the big push of the migration. I'm already filling feeders 3 times a day--going through about 3 liters of nectar from morning to morning!  Not sure how ol' hazel is gonna keep up when the migration starts in earnest!   Fun to watch the llittle guys, though. I can always tell when the youngsters arrive because there are a lot of female-colored birds with the shorter bills of the males. So far it looks like they had a really good year! 
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July 24th, 2007, 12:09 PM
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How gorgeous! That almost looks like a painted portrait.
The fellow a couple of houses down from me has the tumbler pigeons (not sure if that is what they are actually called) and watching them fly is pretty funny. You almost think they will fall out of the sky when they start to tumble downward
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July 24th, 2007, 03:33 PM
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Hazel,over the years I've learned to distinguish what the Crow are saying,when they are upset,when they call their babies or when they call everyone because I put out food,I just love them,they are big and black but still beautiful to me.
Lukka's mom,I've never heard of a Tumbler Pigeon,but I think they are all fascinating(sp?),here is a pic,not a very good one,I only have a 3 X Zoom,from this afternoon...
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July 24th, 2007, 10:27 PM
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I'm hoping to get some video when the migration picks up. Chico, I love the big black birds, too. They're smart, sassy, and they scavenge. One can never have too many scavengers.  But I mostly like them for being smart and sassy.
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July 25th, 2007, 06:51 AM
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Hazel,I just dumped the old stuff in my Hummer-feeder and refilled it
 you'll redirect some of yours I was told to put it where there are flowers,so it's hanging in my little crabapple-tree over my garden,maybe I should move it,where it's more open???
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July 25th, 2007, 08:59 AM
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There were always some lilies and phlox in there--this year we put up the garden fencing and put in some salvia and impatiens as well.
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July 26th, 2007, 05:01 AM
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Thank you!
You could be right on what they are called... They are huge and so black that their heads are nearly blue... and they eat tons! I mean... really eat a lot!!! We have a feeder that is about 3 feet long and they can knock off half of it in an afternoon! Like I said, I wouldn't care if they didn't eat so much... we cannot afford to go through that much seed...
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July 26th, 2007, 07:35 AM
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CM
their heads are a bluey/green colour,so you have Gracklers for sure,not Crows and they are HUGE compared to a Sparrow,but small compared to the much larger Crow.
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July 26th, 2007, 11:09 AM
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July 26th, 2007, 12:25 PM
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CM the good thing about the fact that you have grackles is that they will migrate so you will have a reprieve during the colder months. The little song birds will be happy about that and glad to have the seeds when they need them most. I had to buy a feeder that had a cage aroung it to stop the larger black birds from eating the entire tube of seeds in one afternoon. Smaller song birds fit through the holes quite easily.
Rick those are very pretty birds on that feeder, do you know what they are? I don't think they are common to SWOntario.
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July 26th, 2007, 05:54 PM
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Nope...I think they're redpolls. Probably Common Redpolls, but there may be some Hoary Redpolls mixed in...
We get them every so often in winter. They're really cute.
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July 27th, 2007, 04:34 AM
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Thanks for the info!
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August 6th, 2007, 12:30 AM
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Haha, finally caught some hummers today after months of trying!
 They didn't turn out very well, but I'm just happy to get them! Here's my favorite one first of all, taken as the sun was setting. Belle stopped playing with her ball and looked at it, which drew my attention to it.
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August 6th, 2007, 12:31 AM
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And then a few others! Even worse quality, but I'm posting them anyway.
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August 6th, 2007, 12:32 AM
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And another of the feeder. Not a new bird and really blurry, but I thought the wings looked kind of cool.
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August 6th, 2007, 07:05 AM
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Oh Smiley,the first pic is just beautiful,a piece of art
The others are great too...that is a HoneySuckle(sp?) right?? I had one of those,since I was told they attract Hummers,but it died and no Hummers..:sad:
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August 6th, 2007, 07:18 AM
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Oh Hummers
 All my hummers ended up in Wisconsin this year  They were far more interested in the fluid in a certain persons feeders . I don't want to point fingers but her name sounds something like this. Starts with h and ends with azelrunpack But next year....next year I will try again.
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August 6th, 2007, 07:30 AM
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Lukkas mom
that's sooo true,that's why I had none this year My feeder at least keeps the bees happy
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August 6th, 2007, 08:34 AM
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The migration is starting. I filled all the feeders 3 times yesterday, and one of them 4 times.... Almost ran out of nectar so spent the day boiling sugar water hazel is exhausted and it's only just beginning--only the adults are moving right now! I can't imagine how the three of us are going to keep up with the rush when the young of the year start pushing south, as well!
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August 6th, 2007, 08:37 AM
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Smiley, I saw that silhouette in the other thread--I thought it was a silhouette of one of those lawn sculptures at first. It's just a totally awesome picture!
I'm hoping to get some more hummin' video this migration. The next couple of weeks are going to be pretty active, I think. Gotta make sure I have enough tapes! 
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August 6th, 2007, 08:55 AM
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Lukka'sma can hardly contain her excitement waiting for the Toronto Stock Exchange to open so she can buy shares in white sugar......she's gonna benefit one way or another from hazels efforts.
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August 6th, 2007, 09:06 AM
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Actually, hazel welcomes anyone who wants to hire on as official nectar boiler and feeder filler. Job is short-term--through about the second week of September... Whaddya say, Lukka'sma? We have a big yard for Lukka to play in...and lots of doggie companionship for her. 
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